Julia Montez Smith Whitfield Obituary
The world bids farewell to Julia Montez Smith Whitfield of Picayune, Mississippi, born in Liberty, South Carolina, departing on March 18, 2025 at the age of 84. Julia Montez Smith leaves behind memories cherished by the community. You can send your sympathy in the guestbook provided and share it with the family.
In the sacred silence of farewell, Julia Montez Smith is released into the embrace of eternity, knowing that her light will continue to shine brightly in the tapestry of the lives of her loved ones. And as her memory is carried forward, may comfort be found in the knowledge that love is eternal, and that Julia Montez Smith's spirit lives on in the beauty that surrounds us.
She was predeceased by: her parents, Wilton Smith and Sadie Lee Young Smith; her husband James B. Whitfield; and her siblings, Charles Dewey Smith of Dunkirk, MD, Wallace Lallen Smith of Liberty, SC and Carolyn Smith Ragsdale of Spartanburg, SC..
She is survived by: her daughter Ginny Whitfield Dodd (Donald); her grandchildren, Whitney Caroline Dodd and Jamison Bryant Dodd (Rebecca); and her great grandchildren, Julianna Leigh Dodd and Jamison Bryant Dodd, Jr..
Donations can be made in her memory to the First Baptist Church of Picayune - Building Fund or at fbcpic.org.